George Douros has designed several free Unicode (OpenType) fonts of ancient scripts.
They include Aegean, Egyptian, and Akkadian collections, with ancient Greek and Roman symbols, Phaistos Disc, Lycian, Carian, Old Italic, Ugaritic, Old Persian, Linear A, Cypriot Syllabary, Lydian, Phoenician, Meroitic, Cuneiform, Anatolian Hieroglyphs, Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Cypro-Minoan, and Cretan Hieroglyphs.
The collection also includes Byzantine Musical Symbols, Western Musical Symbols, Archaic Greek Musical Notation, Symbol Blocks, and more. Get them at, Unicode Fonts for Ancient Scripts.
Popularity: 6% [?]
This post was written by:
Jeff Gamet - who has written 270 posts on Planet Quark.
Jeff Gamet is a contributing editor for Design Tools Monthly, the executive summary of graphic design news. He is also the morning editor and reviews editor for The Mac Observer and iPodObserver.com, and contributing writer for Layers Magazine and Photoshop User. He writes the InBrief column for InDesign Magazine, and is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X," from Peachpit Press
When Jeff isn't writing about the graphic design world, he's talking about it on the Design Tools Weekly podcast with co-host Jay Nelson. He also talks about Apple and the Mac world every week on The Mac Observer's Apple Weekly Report.
Jeff studies, tests and reviews new software and technologies for the Macintosh community as well as the design and print industries. He is a former Pre-press specialist, and has nearly 25 years experience with computer technology. Jeff trains, lectures and consults on techniques for more efficiently using Mac OS X in creative environments throughout the country.
In the rare moments when he can get away from his MacBook Pro, Jeff spends his time climbing and biking in the Colorado mountains.
Contact the author
Mon, Jun 16, 2008
Font